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Sunshine Weekly Weeder Newsletter

18 February 2015

Gardeners' Meeting Sat 21st Feb

There will be a short all gardeners' meeting on
Saturday, 21 February at 10:00 am near the trailer
(inside if weather is bad).

There will be two workdays before the sale. Come
out and get the garden in shape for our visitors.

Saturday 21st February led by Mary Gifford and
Ludmila Voskov

Saturday 28th February led by Ila Falvey and
Cheryl Hazeltine

For contact information see details at the end of
this newsletter.

17 Days before the Plant Sale (but who's
counting?)

Our annual fundraiser plant sale is on Saturday,
7th March starting at 9:00 am. Calling all volunteers
- View
the sign up page.

There are opportunities to help at the sale or in
the setting up and breaking down in the aftermath.

To help advertise the sale there are postcards in
the trailer for you to distribute to your friends,
relations, and anyone you meet. We have some excellent
musicians playing:

9:00 am Minor Mishap Marching Band

10:00 am Bob Slaughter

12:00pm Adrienne Braswell

There will be entertainment for the whole family.
Please spread the word.

Help Promote the Plant Sale

Send this "postcard" along with a note to invite
your family, friends, co-workers and neighbors to
the March 7, Certified Organic Spring Vegetable Sale
and general entertainment at 9:00 am, 4814 Sunshine
Drive, Tx 78756. Go to the
website
for more information.

Pass-a-long plants

If you have any plants you want to contribute to
the plant sale, now is the time to do it. There is
potting soil in the greenhouse and pots. After
potting up the plants on the potting bench along the
side of the greenhouse, label them with the name of
the plant and leave them on the potting bench.

Why Our Soil is Important

As gardeners we all know that we need soil in order
to grow plants, but soil also acts as holder of carbon.
This removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and
deposits it as carbon in the soil. Plants use carbon
in the air to transform into carbohydrates to feed
themselves and send the excess carbohydrates through
their roots into the soil where the soil organisms
feed. What this amounts to is a system that controls
the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Bare
soil will release the carbon back into the air, by
clearing our land we increase the amount of carbon
dioxide. By returning plant material to the soil we
contribute to the soil's ability to control carbon
dioxide. While this is only a small part of the earth's
ecology, we can as gardeners can contribute in a
small way to keeping the earth's major resource
functioning at its optimum level.

Events of Interest

Texas Pollinator Powwow
Saturday, 28 February 2015

To be held at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.
8:00 am - 5:30 pm

The purpose is to provide information, resources and
networking opportunities to natural resource management
professionals and volunteers, and the community at
large, to empower them in conserving our pollinators
and their habitats across the landscape.